Can a divinely designated position be usurped? This is our concise response to s very typical question posed by our opponents If governance is a part of the Caliphate, Imamate, and Wilayah, and Allah (swt) alone appoints the Caliph or Imam, then how is it possible for...
Imam Ali (as) and the Uthman Crisis: Upholding Justice Amid Grievances Iḥsān Ilāhī Ẓahīr, in Shī‘a and Ahl al-Bayt (p. 256), criticises Shi‘a scholars for allegedly claiming that Imam Ali (as) permitted the killing of Uthman ibn ʿAffan: “Considering...
Introduction Some opponents insist that the “incident of the door” exists only in Shia narrations and claim there is no Sunni source. Yet, can the deliberate threat to burn down the house of Lady Fāṭimah (ʿalayhas-salām), the Prophet’s beloved daughter, the mother of...
Allamah Waheed uz Zaman Siddiqi was a distinguished Indian scholar, translator, and lexicographer. Whilst he was primarily regarded as a Salafi scholar not Deobandi, although he shared some academic and institutional overlaps with Deoband. Renowned for his immense...
Allah (swt) says in Surah Az-Zumar, verse 33: “وَالَّذِي جَاءَ بِالصِّدْقِ وَصَدَّقَ بِهِ أُولٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ” “And the one who brought the truth and believed in it—those are the righteous.” Some Sunni exegetes have identified the second part of...
